Improvement in railroad-station indicators



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EDWARD CONLEY, OF OINOINNATI, oouo.

IMPRO'VEMENT IN RAILROAD-STATION INDICATORS.-

Spocification forming art of Lot-Tors Patent N0. 101,437, datod Ajnil 5, 1870.

T0 all whom it mroy concern:

Bo io known ohat I, EDWARD CONLEY, of Cinoinnabi, in tho couniay of Hamilton and Stato of Ohio, havo invontod 2o now and Improvod Rooi1road-Station Indioator; and I do horoby doolzoro thab oho following is 2o fu11, c1oar, and oxaot doseription ohoroof, whieh will onablo othors skillod in tho art 110 mako and uso tho samo, roforonco boing had o0 oho aecompanying dmwings, forming poort of this spooifioation.

Tho objoot of my invontion is improvomont in railroad-indicators; und oho invontion cousists in oho part-icula-r arrangemont of arts, as horoinaftor speeifiod.

Figuro 1 is a porspoooivo viow of my improvod apparatus with oho ond of tho caso romoved andoho cover raisod. Fig. 2 is a porspootivo viow of tho rollors and oho holt.

Similar 1otl.ors 0f roforonoo indioato CO1I6- sponding parts.

A is a sma1l caso, adaptod o0 bo sot up in any convonionb position in a cm, in which is placod a. sma1l fran1o, B C, supporbing oho operating-rollor D,-guido-rollors E, E, and E", und tonsion-rollors F and G.

I is an ondless holt arrangod. 011 tho guidorollors, und oho oporatingmollor to bo moved back and forth when oho ro1lor D is turnod. Two of tho guido-rollers E aro placod noar tho bottom of oho frzuno as may bo, and tho 0ther two a1o p1acod as oloso as can woll bo' undor oho oporating-rollor D, whioh is ab oho oop of tho said framo, so ohat t-ho holt may bo caused o0 rravorso back and forth as much as possib1o, in Order to geb as 1ong abo1ta as possiblo within tho sma1leso spaco. Tho guidoro1lors E and E aro arranged so that whon in position in oho casoA ohoy will stand,respoot: ivoly,abovo and bo1ow tho oponing K,th rough which to soo oho nounos 011 oho canvas and oa-uso io o0 movo pas'o oho said oponing. Tho

rollor E is mado adjustablo np and down in tho framo B O, and tho tonsion-rollors F G aro mado adjstable ro1ativo1y o0 oho rollor D, so as 130 inoreaso or diminish oho fricoion thoroon, as may bo roquirod, 'oo eauso tho holt to work proporly. Tho adjust-ablo tonsion-rollor G is also usod, in oonnoction wioh oho adjustzoblo guido-rollor y E and tho fixod guido-rollor E, for adjusoin'g tho holt and oho nzunos ohoroon ro1ootivoly 110 tho oponing K. Tho said namos aro spacod on oho oanvas tho samo disoaneo apart as tho surfaco movomont oftho oporabingro11or D at 011o stzogo; bot, owing o0 tho variaoions in tho tonsion ofoho holt and o1ohor causos, tho bo1o will, from oimo.to ohne, geb oub of its propor position 011 oho rollors rola'oivoly o0 tho opening, so ohab oho nzomos will stop too high or ooo 10W. If too 10W, oho ro1lor E is raisod and oho ro1lor G foreod down, and, if too high, oho said ro1lors aro movod in oho opposioo diroction.

Tho ro11or D is provirlod with a mtohoh whool, M, a pmvl-zorm, N, 2ond doublo-acting paw1 O, oho 1attor boing pivoood to tho pawlarm zmd arrangod for working oho rabohoowhool oithor way. Tho froo ond of oho pawlarm is oonnootod to oho slido Q, whioh 1's intonded to bo workod back und forth by oho oonductor 01 oohor porson, 01 in ono diroction by him and oho othor way by a spring,woight, or 0bhor oquivalont dovioo. Tho operatingrollor is in this wooy turnod in oioho'r d'1roction, as is roquirod by oho running of oho cars back und forbh 011 tho roads.

Tho aforosaid improvod apparaous is applioablo for uso 011 stroot-oars, sooamboaos, oond all 0thor convoyzoncos as woll; and zo bo1l may bo atoaohod to tho slido-boor, to bo struck or oausod o0 bo soruok by io, (o attraco oho a1;- tontion of passongors o0 it.

I do 11011 oonfino mysolf to oho nun1bor of ro1lors herein shown, buo proposo o0 uso any proforrod n-umbor, aocording o0 oho longth of oho canvas.

Hzoviug ohus dosoribod my invontion, I clooim -as now und desiro o0 soouro by Letters Patont Tho combinaoion of c2oso A, having oponing; K, framo B O, rollor D, guido-rollors E E E, tonsion-rollorsF G, ondloss holt I, raochot M, arm N, p2owl O, and slido Qall consoructod and arrangod as und f01 tho purposo spocifiod.

ED\N. CONLEY.

\Vitnessesz H. GOEPPER, E. GILLIGAN. 

